Excretory
5 Senses
5 Senses cont.
100
The organ where most of the excretory system does its work.

What is the Kidney?

100
Sensory Receptors that receive pressure and touch.

What are Mechanoreceptors?

100

Does your mouth have regions specified for specific tastes?

No

200

Organisms that conform to their external solute concentrations. They have the same internal saltiness.

What are Osmoconformers?

200

The particles that are smelled. Like tastants but for smelling.

What are Olfactants?

200

The 5 flavors humans can taste.

What are Salty, Sweet, Sour, Bitter, Umami?

300

The small, working units of kidneys.

What are Nephrons?

300

The hole in the eye that allows light in.

What is the Pupil?

300

The two types of muscle filaments.

What are Actin and Myosin?

400

The tubes that transport urine from kidneys to bladder.

What are the Ureters?

400

Sensory receptors that receive pain.

What are Nociceptors?

400

Name one organ used for Hearing in Humans.

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500

The two types of Nephrons.

What are Cortical and Juxtamedullary?

500

Name one organ used for maintaining Equilibrium

What are Semicircular Canals, Utricle, or Saccule.

500

The complexes that prevent muscles from sliding. Require calcium to be shifted.

What are Troponin Complexes and Tropomyosin?